Discusses the history, nature, and appearance of Biela's Comet.
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The Sir John Herschel Collection
The preparation of the print Calendar of the Correspondence of Sir John Herschel (Michael J. Crowe ed., David R. Dyck and James J. Kevin assoc. eds, Cambridge, England: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1998, viii + 828 pp) which was funded by the National Science Foundation, took ten years. It was accomplished by a team of seventeen professors, visiting scholars, graduate students, advanced undergraduates, and staff working at the University of Notre Dame.
The first online version of Calendar was created in 2009 by Dr Marvin Bolt and Steven Lucy, working at the Webster Institute of the Adler Planetarium, and it is that data that has now been reformatted for incorporation into Ɛpsilon.
Further information about Herschel, his correspondence, and the editorial method is available online here: http://historydb.adlerplanetarium.org/herschel/?p=intro
No texts of Herschel’s letters are currently available through Ɛpsilon.
Discusses the history, nature, and appearance of Biela's Comet.
Discusses a method of separating iron oxide from the oxides of other metals and a process for the purification of uranium oxide.
Reports observations of Delta Cygni, 4 Aquarii, Alpha 2 Capricorni, and Biela's Comet.
Because TH's letter has not reached JH, JH cannot reply. Is taking up residence in Slough.
Having now decided on going to the Cape would like a few queries answered regarding travel, housing, servants, dress, and medical facilities.
Apologizes for sending a letter of introduction for someone recommended to JH, without first getting to know the third party.
Responds to an unidentified mathematician who had written a critique of ideas put forward by Thomas Drummond, regarding whether to estimate the importance of various boroughs primarily in terms of population or in terms of the wealth of the population.
Feels it difficult to supply a formal testimonial but has great admiration for the work of his brother and his prospects.
Further letter regarding the qualifications of James D. Forbes for the position at Edinburgh University.